Morning journal and courier., 1887-10-07

Syria, offered feeling prayer in which h
asked that God would show what is the doe
trine he would have proclaimed. Rev. DR.
E. P. Goodwin, of Chicago, said that hi
| self-respect would not allow him to remain
| silent. DR.. Fisher calls me crank by i'm
piication when he said that premillenialists
| should be excluded by a notice that 'fnt
cranks need apply.
| CDR. Fisher and others said DR.. Goodwin
was in error as to what Dr. Fisher had said.
He said DR.. Scudder, Moody, Spurgeon anc
st. Paul were on the same ground as to the
second coming of Christ "Ie thought &
} year ago we had come to the parting of the
| ways I find difficulty with this doctrine Of
! a second probation because it is drawn moi
from scripture, but from Christian con-
sciousness.' do not find in the Bible any re-
spect for the philosophy of men. Christ
| quoted Moses rather than philosophy
did st. Paul. Under Pentecostal
1 illumination if ever Christian conscious
| ness might be expected to supersede old
| written word instead. What will be the
| fruit? 1t is not easy to say. suppose there
was never a more beautiful character than
Charming. He did not foresee, when he was
| struggling as these brethren are for freedom,
| what would be the outcome which is now sc
| dreadfully evident all around us in New En-
gland. So when Jeroboam set up his new
departure he did not mean the ruin that fol-
lowed. do not know what may come OF
this. In the West we have seen what may
come of councils It seems to me that the new
departure goes straight toward skepticism.
You and are bound to observe the book OF
the law and mediate thereon day and night
Standing here can face the long line of mar
| tyrs who have died for their loyalty to re-
vealed truth"
DIR. Quint said that as we had an equal
| number of long speeches on each side after
this we limit the time to fifteen minutes, &c
| that we may hear from the greater number.
It was so voted. .-...-... -
DR., Alexander Mckenzie, of Cambridge,
| thought if the two previous speakers were
candidates for foreign appointments they
should be passed without question, but 9th
erwise he thought they had said nothing to
the point. 1t has been a very pleasant year
for us in Boston outside the missionary
rooms, however it may have been inside. It is
not pleasant to know that 5000, 900 more
have been spent this year than have been re-
ceived It is not pleasant that Mr.. Hardy
felt obliged to resign and died with sense
of great injury, and that devoted and godly
young men have been turned back who pas
sionately believed in the Bible, who were
determined to do all they could to reach the
heathen But what if you or others do not
90 and the heather do not hear of Christ
what will become of them? l do not know
Stand aside, sir, you can't go. Pleasant in
the missionary rooms, says the
home secretary. 1 tell you il
has not been pleasant year to US who have
known these young men and their sorrows OF
soul. am going homo. In a Sunday OF two
I take collection for society which if
were candidate would not send me nor any
other pastor in Boston, with the possible ex-
ception of one or two. A good deal has been
said of the tendency of Unitarianism." But
this doctrine makes more rather than less of
aafO an of
grace Dr. Mckenzie thought DIR. Board
mans iceberg might be like one he saw lately
which little after proved to be only mist.
The speech was very earnest and was warmly
applauded.
DR.. George F. Pentecost thought that al
most every speaker has said this is not the
illogical question and then had talked about
almost nothing else. Everyone here has dis
claimed belief in the new departure. DR..
Fisher says this board is not to decide
what is and what is not true, but
merely to carry out the will of
the churches But this new departure
is not part of the belief of any considerable
section Of the churches. It seems to me that
this discussion is thrusting theological dis
cussion upon the board instead of removing
it. The board stands and says as to any
uurecognized speculation, "We have nothing
to do with it." Again Prof. Fisher says we
must take common sense view and must
conform ourselves to the view of the churches
What is the constituency that lies back of
constituency Why, the board is already the
representative. You will not find in any
creed a syllable of approval of this hypothe-
SIS The board can only keep to the faith
which has already been expressed by the
churches; the minute they leave this ground
they transgress It is idle to say that this
hypothesis is not positive and aggressive. It
- T,iro al
by the board. But before this
can be the board must have some
instruction that this is the faith of the
churches. Go to the churches and not to the
board. Go to places of original theological
jurisdiction. The prudential committee is
asked to decide that this is a permissible
doctrine. Then press it at the door of the
churches. When they speak the board will
be bound to listen. AS to the harmlessness
of this hypothesis which no one believes in
but they do believe in it, if words or actions
mean anything-they all admit that it has
no warrant in scripture. Paul said if any
man teach any other doctrine let him be
anathema. We must stand by the New Tes-
lament, and till you can show that the Bible
teaches this the board cannot open the door.
But some say: ''Why not let missionaries
have the same right as ministers at home!"
I said Yesterday that we can straighten UP a
young man here if he needs it, when it can
might employ an inexperienced and somewhat
unbalanced man in their own house whom
they would not put in charge of their work
in China. But it is of intense interest to us
at home. This hypothesis is the principal
obstacle that keeps convicted and troubled
men from yielding to Christ, as any evangel-
list knows who comes face to face with them
in the inquiry room.
Ralph Emerson, Esq, of Rockford, Ill. !,
could not say whether he was liberal or a
conservative I stand, he said, to plead in
behalf of laymen who find this discussion in
their way when they try to lead souls to
Christ. They will dodge behind it to keep
out of the reach of the arrows of conviction.
The nominating committee reported in
favor of the election of Rev. DR.. R. S. Storrs
as president and Drs. Clark, Alden and Smith
as secretaries, DR.. Simpson recording secre-
taro, Langdon S. Ward as treasurer, A. w.
Tusts, James NJ. Gordon and Joseph G. Ty-
Ter auditors, with the old prudential com
mittee as follows: Messrs. A. c. Thompson,
E. B. Webb, G. G. Carr, J.. S. Reyes, FL
bridge Torrey, w. H. ElIeson, A. Fl. Plumb,
Ezra Farnsworth, E. S. Atwood and Charles
A. Dickinson. They also retained the name
of E. w. Blatcnford as vice president. The
majority report was signed by Messrs. Hyde,
Wallace, Andrews, Moen and Good
report for ]. w. Cooper and him
self. They named President James B. Angel of
the Michigan university as president, Rev.
George NJ. Boynton of Jamaica Plains as
home secretary in place of DR.. Alden and
recommended that the prudential committee
be increased from ten to eleven members by
adding Rev. DR.. Alexander Mckenzie of
Cambridge. DR.. Vose explained that they
favored the retirement of DIR. Alden re1uc-
family and because of acknowledged mistakes
which have made many men of different
shades Of opinion feel that change is best.
The majority report was accepted and a vote
was taken on the question of enlarging the
committee. The proposition was lost-63 to
rs. All of the persons nominated as cor
porate members were then elected.
DR.. Plumb spoke in defense of Mr.. Alden
and DR.. Vose replied briefly, asserting his
high esteem for DR.. Alden, but still main
tanning that his mistakes demand change.
Then DR.. Alden asked the privilege of max
ing brief statement, in the course of which
he readta letter to the nominating committee
written Monday, but not presented through
the advice of friends who feared it might
jeopardize important interests of the board.
In this letter he tells the committee that if
they see good reasons for a change
thew ara To drop his name He